I'm in the Red Mansion

Chapter 180 Jia Baoyu moves into the Grand View Garden? Got it!
The layout of each place is different, and each decoration is novel.

Concubine Jia praised him highly and advised: "Don't be too extravagant in the future. This is too much."

After that, they arrived at the main hall, where they were told to return to their seats without formalities and a grand banquet was held.

Grandmother Jia and others were there to accompany them, while Youshi, Li Wan, Fengjie and others were there to serve the soup and cups.

The Princess Yuan ordered for a pen and ink to be brought to her, and she herself took the Xiang pen and selected a few of the places she liked the most and gave them names.

First of all, I would like to write a poem:

It takes mountains and rivers to build a building, but it takes a lot of work to build it! All the sceneries in heaven and earth are prepared, Fangyuan should be named Xi Grand View.

Next, Yuanchun ordered all the young people to write a poem.

Jia Cong wrote a poem at random to get the matter over with.

Next, he brought out the play repertoire and asked twelve actors to sing a few plays.

After a while, the eunuch knelt and said, "All the gifts are here. Please check the rules."

He then presented a brief summary, and Concubine Jia read it from the beginning and was very impressed. She immediately ordered that it be carried out accordingly.

It’s too much monitoring, come down and distribute them one by one.

Lady Jia received the most generous reward, and the rest, including Lady Xing, Lady Wang, Li Wan, Wang Xifeng, etc., also received rewards.

Baochai, Daiyu and other sisters were each given a new book, a precious inkstone, and two pairs of gold and silver ingots of new style.

The same is true for Jia Cong and Baoyu.

Chia Lan received two gold and silver necklaces and two pairs of gold and silver ingots.

Jia Lian, Jia Huan and others all presented a gift of one cent and a pair of gold ingots.

The rest, hundreds of rolls of colorful satin, thousands of ounces of gold and silver, and royal wine and sumptuous banquets, were given to all those who were in charge of the engineering work, furnishings, entertainers, and those who were in charge of the operas and lighting in the gardens of the two eastern and western governments.

In addition, there were 500 strings of Qing coins, which were given to kitchen servants, actors, performers, and miscellaneous people.

After everyone had finished thanking them, the deacon and eunuch said, "It's already the third quarter of the year. Please drive back to Luan."

After hearing this, Princess Jia couldn't help but burst into tears again.

But she forced a smile, held Lady Jia and Lady Wang's hands tightly, unwilling to let go, and repeatedly warned them:
"Don't worry about me, just take good care of yourself. God's grace is so great that you can come to see me once a month. We can see each other as often as we want, so why be sad? If God's grace allows you to come back again next year, don't be so extravagant!"

Grandmother Jia and others were crying so hard that they were choking with sobs.

Although Concubine Jia was reluctant to leave, she had to follow the royal rules and could not violate them, so she had to get on the carriage and leave.

The people here finally managed to comfort Lady Jia. Mrs. Wang consoled and persuaded them, and then helped them out of the garden.

It is said that when Concubine Jia returned to the palace, she went to see the emperor the next day to thank him and report back on her return, which pleased the emperor greatly. He also gave away colorful satin, gold and silver from the treasury to give to Jia Zheng and the other officials in the imperial chambers, but there is no need to go into details.

The Princess Yuan's visit to her parents ended here, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

After that, Jia Cong had more free time and began to study hard behind closed doors.

August of this year is the time for the provincial examination. Jia Cong has been preparing to take part in the examination in August, so he studies even harder.

Every ten days, when Prime Minister Kou was free, he would rush to the Prime Minister's residence to listen to his teachings.

Now let’s talk about Jia Yuanchun. After she wrote a poem about the Grand View Garden in the palace, she suddenly recalled the scenery of the Grand View Garden.

After he had the good fortune, Jia Zheng would surely have sealed the place off carefully and not dared to let anyone in to disturb him. Wouldn't that be lonely?

Besides, there are several sisters in the family who are good at writing poems and composing essays. Why not let them move in and live with her, so that the beauty will not become destitute and lose face.

But then she thought that Baoyu had grown up surrounded by sisters, unlike his other brothers. If she didn't order him to go in, she was afraid that he would feel lonely and unhappy.

In order to avoid worrying Lady Jia and Mrs. Wang, it would be best to order him to live in the garden.

After thinking about it, he ordered the eunuch Xia Shouzhong to go to Rongguo Mansion to issue an order, ordering Baochai and others to live in the garden without restrictions, and ordering Baoyu to go in and study. Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang received the order, and after Xia Shouzhong left, they reported to Jia's mother and sent people to clean up everywhere and set up curtains and bed curtains.

Others were fine with it, but Baoyu was so delighted by it that he was planning with Grandmother Jia to get this and that.

However, Jia Zheng was afraid that Baoyu would not want to study after entering the garden, so he called Baoyu over and gave him some special instructions.

Here, Jia Zheng checked the date with several men.

Jia Zheng sent someone to tell Jia's mother, "February 22nd is a good day for you, my brothers and sisters, to move in. Send someone in within the next few days to arrange for the packing."

The girls had already chosen their places. Xue Baochai lived in Hengwu Garden, Lin Daiyu lived in Xiaoxiang Pavilion, and Jia Yingchun lived in Zhuijin Tower.

Tanchun lived in Qiushuangzhai, Xichun lived in Liaofengxuan, Li lived in Daoxiangcun, and Baoyu lived in Yihongyuan.

Two old maids and four servants were added to each place. In addition to the wet nurse and personal maids, there were also people who were specifically responsible for tidying up and cleaning.

On the 22nd day, everyone was ready to go in together.
In the East Palace, Jia Cong couldn't help but sneer after hearing the news.

What a great Jia Yuanchun!

When I visited my parents some time ago, I criticized him a few words.

This time, she even bypassed him and let the sisters live directly in the Grand View Garden.

It would be fine if only the sisters were allowed to move in.

But they also let Jia Baoyu live in the house as well. Is this because they are afraid that the Jia family's traditions are too good?
However, this Grand View Garden now belongs to my Ningguo Mansion, and you can’t let anyone live in it just because you want!

Thinking of this, Jia Cong called Jiao Da and brought the Ningguo Mansion's guards to guard the gate of the Grand View Garden.

Soon, a group of old women and servants arrived at the gate of the Grand View Garden carrying things.

But he was stopped by Jia Cong.

Jia Cong couldn't help but say, "The girls can move in, but Baoyu can't. Take all of Baoyu's things back."

Naturally, these old women and servants did not dare to disobey Jia Cong, nor did they dare to move the things back without permission. They had to put the things at the door first and hurriedly sent someone back to deliver the message.

Let’s talk about Jia Baoyu, who was in the room carefully instructing everyone not to let the servants mess up his things.

Suddenly, a servant came with a message saying that Master Cong of the East Palace would not allow Master Bao to move into the Grand View Garden.

When Baoyu heard the news, he almost got angry.

He came to the gate of the Grand View Garden in a rage, and when he saw Jia Cong, he asked angrily, "Third Brother Cong, it was the Queen who ordered me to move into the Grand View Garden to study."

"Now you don't let me move in, I wonder what your intention is? Do you dare to disobey the Queen's order?"

Jia Cong frowned and shouted, "How dare you! Who taught you the rules? How dare you call the clan leader by his name?"

"Besides, I am your elder brother! You are also a young master from a noble family. Don't you even understand the principle of respecting elders and young people?"

"Come here, take him down and send him to the ancestral hall. Make him kneel in the hall for an hour and reflect on his mistakes!"

"Yes, Third Master."

At Jia Cong's order, Jiao Da did not hesitate and took two people with him and took Jia Baoyu away.

Jia Baoyu was shocked and angry, and shouted, "Third Brother Cong, how dare you do this?"

"Quick, someone go tell the ancestors to come and save me!"

On the other side, a maid had already told Lady Jia, Mrs. Wang and others the news.

After hearing this, Lady Jia and Mrs. Wang were shocked and angry.

Grandmother Jia, leaning on a cane and accompanied by a group of people, walked towards the Grand View Garden in person.

(End of this chapter)